Chalkboard Treasures — A Pair of Pyrite in Slate Dangle Earrings in Oxidized Sterling Silver and 14kt Gold

If you are around my age, do you remember one of the Teacher’s classroom chores being that you need to take the chalkboard erasers outside to bang them out and rid them of chalk dust?

This was my favorite chore! We got to bang the erasers on the back of the school, and it felt like giant sponge art on an open brick canvas.

When I saw this raw edge slate with natural cubes of pyrite, my mind immediately went back to elementary school, and that big beautiful, but now relic of a chalkboard.

These Chalkboard Treasures, as I am fondly calling them, are about 0.5 inches wide and 0.5 inches tall. They have been wrapped in fine silver and backed on sterling, with hand formed sterling wire creating Geometric Shapes. Accents of 14kt Gold lay in the Geometric Lacing Work.

These were then oxidized using a natural method, in lieu of chemicals. The time consuming natural process producing true deep smokey colors. 

These have a total length of 1.3 inches.

These earrings incorporate recycled silver, as my other pieces and were completed by my hand, using no power tools or harsh chemicals in the process.

** PLEASE NOTE: I can not make changes to sizing, chain lengths, or oxidation preferences once a piece is complete; I am not set up to do so. How my items show here is the final product. Because of my power tool-free ways, and lack of traditional jewelers chemicals in my process, this piece is sold as you see it here. **